Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Australia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with the song "Promise", written by Alex Canion, Ashley Doodkorte, Daniel Estrin, Scott Kay, and Simone Dow. The song is performed by Voyager. The Australian broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) selected the Australian entry for the contest. The song and artist were officially revealed by SBS as the Australian entrant on 21 February 2023.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2023 | ||||
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| Country | Australia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 21 February 2023 | |||
| Selected entrant | Voyager | |||
| Selected song | "Promise" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 149 points) | |||
| Final result | 9th, 151 points | |||
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Australia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 by invitation from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as a "one-off" special guest to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Eurovision. On 17 November 2015, the EBU announced that SBS had been invited to participate in the 2016 contest and that Australia would once again take part. In 2015, Australia was guaranteed a spot in the final of the contest and was allowed to vote during both semi-finals and the final; however, from the 2016 contest and onwards, Australia would have to qualify to the final from one of two semi-finals and could only vote in the semi-final in which the nation was allocated to compete.
Australia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2023. In the semi-final, Australia qualified for the final on 13 May.